Michael Palmer How I make and use my beekeeping equipment
2024 ж. 4 Сәу.
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Michael's apiary has many sides, and the woodenware to go along with each. Honey production hives, mating nuclei, double nucleus hives and the necessary ancillary equipment are all produced in his wood shop. He found many years ago that hecould build the woodenware needed at a much reduced cost when compared with the prices from the equipment manufacturers.
He will take the listener from Eastern White Pine timber (Pinus strobus) through the construction process, to apiary use. Each hive appliance will be highlighted with photos of construction and use in the apiary.
What a tremendous amount of practical knowledge Mr. Palmer has!
Thank you for posting this very practical guide that many are going to find beneficial. :)
I appreciate very much Mike sharing his successes. I have adopted his double nuclei with much success. Thanks for making this available to us.
We used to buy supers full of drawn honey comb for $18.xx CAD now an unassembled super is $24.×× And stand to the side of the direction the wood will fly fr the table if a board slips and falls on the blade . It hurts if you catch a super side in the ribs or the lips 💋. A self feed on your saw is a blessing Great instructions Mike 👍
I saw a queen yard where they had little pieces of fabric, hanging off the entrance for the queen to grab onto during the windy weather.
Thanks for this!! I've been making rabbeted boxes and parts for the last 6 years. Fortunately a friend salvaged 3/4" marine plywood cut offs from the shop dumpster. I'm 40 years a cabinetmaker. Over 20 managing large commercial shops. Your focus on safety is great! Your methods are excellent. I only take issue with one step. .when you're cutting your sides to length there is a great risk of a violent kick back. You shouldn't use the miter gauge and rip fence with a cut off of a piece narrower than it is long..clamp a small piece to the front of your fence, about 3/4" , then butt your piece against for length, then as you push forward through the blade you have 3/4" of space to the right for your cut off piece , thus preventing binding. Without the space if your piece cocks a little it's coming back at you at 200mph..and maybe dragging you hand into the blade in the process. 30,000 table saw accidents a year in the USA, half involve amputations. Scary statistic. Most of those are men in their 60s,70s and 80s.
Thank you for posting this!!
I wish I saw this a year ago before I made thousands of finger joints.
Well, now you can go forward making the best hive equipment ever :) Nice to see you here!
Mike is great.
Thank you for sharing. I didn't even realize that the bottom board had a winter configuration 😂. I just thought there was a top and a bottom.
Thank you
This was great Thanks. Can you get Mike to do a video on how he manages his production hives a step by step. video that would be really great.
If you use a 3/4"entrance the bees will need to travel 22 700 trips the extra 3/8 it travels to get in then out again is 1,😮418.75 feet. How long does it take a bee to walk that far . 3/8 will keep mice out and save heat and work the bees less and you will have less comb on the bottom of the lower frames . Win win win win 🏆 😮
Sorry per pound of honey
1 bee isn't making 22700 trips. @ 15 mph and we will say 1 mile per trip. Thats 15 trips per hour tops. Thats roughly 150 per day. Likely much less since time would be spend actually foraging, and depositing goods. They are foragers for about 21 days. Let's say 20 for easy math. That means a single bee is only making 3000 trips. Thats an extra 94 feet per bee over its lifespan..... that's practically nothing compared to the 3000 miles they travel already. Your logic is just wrong. Put a mouse screen in if you are that worried. It will work better anyway.